OpenAI has unveiled GPT 5.2, presenting it as its strongest model so far for workplace tasks and long running agents. The launch comes shortly after the company reportedly raised concerns internally over rising competition from other tech firms.
GPT 5.2 is designed to perform real professional work with greater speed, accuracy, and reliability. It aims to support users who depend on AI for daily tasks such as summarising documents, checking code, preparing presentations, or analysing large datasets. OpenAI says that companies using ChatGPT Enterprise have already saved 40 to 60 minutes a day, with heavy users reducing about 10 hours of work a week. With GPT 5.2, the company expects these gains to grow further.
The model is built to produce stronger outputs across spreadsheets, presentations, coding tasks, image analysis, long document reading, and multi step operations. It can also call external tools such as search, databases, or company systems. GPT 5.2 comes in three versions in regular ChatGPT. Instant supports fast everyday tasks, Thinking focuses on structured reasoning, and Pro delivers the highest quality responses for complex technical needs.
GPT 5.2 is rolling out first across paid ChatGPT plans. In the API, it is available as gpt 5.2, gpt 5.2 chat latest, and gpt 5.2 pro. Pricing is higher than GPT 5.1 but still below competing frontier models, and due to improved efficiency, final output costs may be lower.
In performance tests, OpenAI highlighted results from GDPval, an evaluation covering 44 real world professions. The most advanced version, GPT 5.2 Thinking, matched or outperformed industry professionals on 70.9 per cent of tasks, nearly twice the performance of GPT 5. On SWE Bench Pro, which measures coding capability across four programming languages, the model set a new benchmark. Developers also found improvements in tasks such as debugging, code reviews, feature building, and front end work involving 3D interfaces and complex visuals.
The model can manage very large text inputs with fewer hallucinations. It maintained near perfect accuracy even when key information was buried deep within long files. GPT 5.2 also performed strongly in tool use. On Tau2 benchmarks for telecom customer support, it reached 98.7 per cent accuracy, successfully handling multi step tasks such as rebooking travel, locating luggage, arranging hotels, and managing medical seating requests.
Its vision abilities have also improved. GPT 5.2 shows stronger performance in understanding charts, dashboards, diagrams, UI screenshots, and low quality images. It also delivered sharp gains in scientific and mathematical reasoning, scoring over 92 per cent on graduate level science questions and setting a record on expert math problems. Researchers have even used the model to propose proofs in statistical learning theory that were later confirmed by human experts.
The launch comes at a time when competition in the AI industry is intensifying. After strong results from a competitor’s model, OpenAI had declared a code red and shifted its teams toward improving the quality of its chatbot. With GPT 5.2, the company expects to create more economic value for users by supporting complex projects and professional workflows.
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